First time watching Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring EXTENDED VERSION movie reaction PART 2

[@BaddMedicine]

What a great start to this trilogy! Onto the Two Towers! And really... that happened to Gandalf? What is your favorite moment in the Fellowship? Full reaction on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/63272558 Two Towers Part 1 reaction: kzbin.info/www/bejne/opSqdnlugd6koKs

[@mijomartinez8700]

When Bilbo drops the ring as he's leaving and it just falls flat, no bounce or spin, just flat.

[@marieclaudeb.2366]

When Gandalf activates his… remote control wheel wagon backdrop fireworks.. :)

[@BobBlumenfeld]

Bilbo's jump scare at Rivendell. I love watching reactors react to it. In fact, I explicitly watch them for their reaction.

[@StopReadingMyNameOrElse]

Gandalf needed to renegotiate his contract for the sequel

[@BobBlumenfeld]

@@StopReadingMyNameOrElse Hey! Do you know what a spoiler is?

[@aaronboone8097]

50-60% of people say they don't want to watch these movies because they are 3-4 hours long. Yet 90% of people when the credits roll at the end, are like "whoa that's it???" And that just speaks volumes as to how amazing these movies are. The world that Tolkein built is unmatched. In my opinion this is the greatest trilogy in all of movie history

[@BaddMedicine]

Lots of people worked on these. Amazing to see when you think about it.

[@ChristopherWhite-yg4hh]

People don't want to sit down and whatch a four hour movie but these people be happy to whatch 8hours of Netflix series....

[@BaddMedicine]

🤣🤣🤣 weird isn't it?

[@roefane2258]

I love that in the credits for Return of the King, it lists the kids who were born during the making of these movies. I think one of the cinematographers (I’ll double check) started making these movies and a single guy, and before the fellowship was in theaters he had a wife and kid.

[@drix4275]

I'm still waiting for a secret, yet un-released, "MOST EXTENDEST VERSION!" 20 hour version. :D

[@Lightingwarrior]

There is a great significance in Galadriel gift to Gimili, thousands of years ago before the events of lord of the rings, there were two great trees, the gold and silver trees called the two trees of Valinor, who brought light to the world before the creation of the moon and the sun. It was in this ancient time that Galadriel was born, and she was blessed with the light of the two great trees, her hair was said to be golden touched with silver and seemed to shine with the light of the Two Trees of Valinor. Because of this her hair was greatly valued by all elves. However none valued it more than the great elven lord Fearon, who was said to be the greatest craftsman and blacksmith that ever lived, greater than even the Dwarves. Seeking to capture the beauty and light of the two great trees in a item of his creation, Fëanor requested a single strand from Galadriel's head on three separate occasions, but each time Galadriel refused him, due to Fëanor's rudeness and for his selfishness and pride. Yet when Gilimi asked, she gave him three. This is highly significant, since Fearon arguably one of the greatest elven lords who ever lived was unable to get even one, due to his rude and arrogant behaviour despite asking three times, while Gimili a Dwarf, who's showed great humility and respect to Galadriel and who's people would often be looked down upon by elves, was given three strands, (one for each time Fearon asked her) despite only asking once. Gimili would later have these three strands of hair encashed in a crystal and became a heirloom to his people, where the jewel was famed for beauty and light, due to Galadriel's hair strands inside and it became a symbol of the renewed friendship between Elves and Dwarves

[@pacio49]

The three hairs each went into a different gemstone, and the light of the Two Trees shone through the gems, which became like the magical stones called the Silmarils, the heart of the story of the 'prequel' to LOTR, The Silmarillion. Those gems were lost or destroyed through wars and conquest, but Gimli's gift from Galadriel restored a memory of their brilliance to Middle Earth for a time. (mild spoilers) From book lore, not movie lore, the gems with Galadriel's strands of hair in them passed out of Middle Earth finally when at long last, Gimli himself and Legolas took the actual Last Ship which bore Cirdan the Shipwright himself into the Undying Lands of the Valar together. Gimli's place on that ship as a dwarf was purchased by the favor of Galadriel.

[@cozenw3236]

Beautifully written (and explained). But a need to point out… you stated, “there were two great THREES…” I believe you meant TREES. You did this at least twice (at the beginning). I do this a lot myself. Every time I would spell check my writings I’d roll my eyes at each stupid and absurd mistake… which would eventually lead to a headache. But you explained it very well, so I thought I’d point it out for correction.

[@resathe6760]

The right name is Feanor, for all those who aren't familiar with the lore. Fearon is probably an autocorrect mistake

[@BaddMedicine]

We appreciate the knowledge everyone is dropping!

[@Lightingwarrior]

@@cozenw3236 Okay thanks I fix it

[@cmdrbrantford888]

The Fellowship Of The Ring is generally regarded as the "slowest" of the 3 movies, but it has to be, to develop the story and relationships as you said. So if you guys gave this one such good ratings, I don't think the next 2 will disappoint you.

[@BaddMedicine]

We have recorded Two Towers and can't wait to have that out!

[@MrRenanHappy]

It is the best one, Two Towers is a slog, and Return of the King is better than the previous, but still not as good as Fellowship

[@joselazo9799]

@@MrRenanHappy That's certainly AN opinion.

[@jtmmprints.r.l3529]

I have seen several statistics and in those statistics, I have seen the first of the Lord of the Rings, ahead of the Godfather 1 and 2, and the other two, both The Two Towers and The Return of the King have failed in the competition

[@englishlady9797]

Never really connected this before, but the look of horror on Frodo's face when Sam started sinking must have been some kind of trauma. His parents died in a boat accident when he was little, presumably drowned, which is why he was raised by Bilbo.

[@SovermanandVioboy]

"This foe is beyond any of you!" -love that line so much. That small detail of him saying "You" and not "Us" gives me the chills. I love that the movies never explain in great detail, what kind of a being Gandalf rly is and its only those small hints that make u realise that hes not just a normal human that can do some magic.

[@BaddMedicine]

Agreed! So far from what we've seen they have not given a in depth back story story.

[@sailiealquadacil1284]

TBH, I don't think Gandalf expected to win - or survive. He was just the one most likely to be able to buy the others time to escape. Keep in mind that the two guys who had managed to kill a Balrog before him also died in the process.

[@gampie13]

well, gandalf is a maiar, and the balrog is a former maiar that vent with morgoth in the earligh days

[@drizzmatec]

@@gampie13 They are basically a pair of archangels battling with their spiritual presence.

[@petermisberg732]

@@sailiealquadacil1284 well Gandalf is just extremely humble, that’s the reason he was even send

[@BobBlumenfeld]

Not only was Gandalf reluctant to go through Moria (in the book, Aragorn presciently warns him against it also), but he also hands over the leadership of the Fellowship to Aragorn, almost as if he foresees his demise.

[@BaddMedicine]

That's a good point.

[@niccologregorutti]

In the book actually is Gandalf the one who wants to go into the Mines

[@HeatherAllen]

@@niccologregorutti And I've never understood the logic behind the change in the film.

[@niccologregorutti]

@@HeatherAllen neither I do un the reason of the change,maybe they didn't want to show Gandalf as the fool who wanted so much to go into the Mines and there he died

[@mechadoggy]

Also because Gandalf wanted to train Aragorn’s leadership skills since he’s “the heir”

[@redenriot4577]

11:56 the reason why there were so many thin bridges inside that underground dwarven kingdom, was that it is use as a way to easily repel the invaders from the outside. But since the balrog emerges from within the mountain, they really didn't prepare themselves to even face a powerful foe, not to mention they really weren't expecting to be attack from inside their own kingdom, hence the dwarves fled while they still can (also this was like thousands of years before the lord of the rings trilogy happen)

[@BaddMedicine]

Interesting. Thanks for this drop. 🤙

[@redenriot4577]

@@BaddMedicine your welcome

[@adrianvulpes9509]

But what about Balin?

[@920215Gurra]

Balin traveled togheter with bilbo to retake the lonely mountain later he felt he was on a roll and tried to retake moria but failed in the end @@adrianvulpes9509

[@Limpshot_McGee]

I think the in-universe reason for not having horses, at least in the books, was because the land immediately south of Rivendell was really rocky and not suitable for horseback riding.

[@BaddMedicine]

Makes sense.

[@varun634]

The terrain is one reason. But the main reason was stealth. They are traveling through lands potentially full of enemy spies. Easier to sneak around on foot than on horseback

[@ehleeinn9743]

Also, adventuring is looked down on with hobbits so who would lend? Any animal cost money. Hibbit wise: sam, pippin & friend are just kids. 20ish & still foolin around. They will just have to foot it.

[@Limpshot_McGee]

@@ehleeinn9743 They had ponies for a while at the start of their journey, before Rivendell.

[@ehleeinn9743]

@@Limpshot_McGee yeah. I recall a pony.

[@hmmgoodquestion]

Never ceases to amuse me... Every single time I watch a first time reaction, the length is always commented on with a groan, but once the credits start: "That's it?!" Love your reaction, fellas!

[@BaddMedicine]

🤣 yeah. It's crazy tho see at first then you blink and it's like 3 hours want by? 🤣 Thank you and thanks for watching.

[@ayannaj6129]

Hobbit feet are naturally very durable in any environment! The soles of their feet are tough and leathery which is why they can walk barefooted on the snowy mountains, run over rough rocks and brambles etc 😉

[@BaddMedicine]

ahhhh ok. Now that makes more sense! TY.

[@mikelarsen5836]

@@BaddMedicine If they'd read the books such information would not have to be told to them.

[@aaronboone8097]

@@mikelarsen5836 some people just aren't book people and that's fine. I've never read the books of LOR or Harry Potter and yet they are my 2 favorite movie franchises still.

[@elunedlaine8661]

@@aaronboone8097 Does anyone else see the similarities between LOTR and Harry Potter ? JK Rowling has a lot to thank Tolkien for

[@christoperwallace6197]

Gollum can't feel the ring like the ringwraiths can. He's just been tracking it the old fashion way. The book mentions that he got lucky when the fellowship went through Moria, and followed them thereafter. While they were in Lothlorien with Galadriel, Gullum lurked outside the forest till they left.

[@BaddMedicine]

🤘

[@RabbitShirak]

Really? I could've sworn Gollum went to the forest as well. I think Frodo even saw him climbing up the tree they were sleeping in.

[@joshholland8564]

@@RabbitShirak in the books he did

[@lauriewsmith1]

Gollum was travelling through Moria in the opposite direction from east to west when he encountered them. He was making his way to the shire I think to take the ring and probably get some revenge on Bilbo.

[@gollumandeowyn]

In medieval, chivalric tradition and in Romantic (not lovey dovey Romantic) stories such as Beowulf style or King Arthur style stories, it was common for adventuring heros and crusaders to keep a lock of hair or a strip of cloth from the dress of their lady love as a reminder of what they were fighting for. Another example you may have seen was the little piece of cloth William Wallace carried around in Braveheart.

[@BaddMedicine]

Makes sense

[@TallisKeeton]

I agree :) although I just put one correction - "Beowulf" poem was not written in the same age of literature as arthurian romances and other poetic romances of chivalry. By "romance" I mean a medieval genre of literature - long and epic story of both heroic adventures and love affairs - sometimes in poetry form and sometimes only in prose form. It was easily explained in Tolkien's letters or his essays that he prefered early medieval literature about expeditions on monsters - like "Beowulf" poem - than the later literature with love affairs and courts intrigues - like later arthurian romances. :) The border between those two styles of medieval literatures was IMO in 11 / 12th century - during crusades and during the establishing of... lets say it this way - the bordering moment between earlier clannish legal systems (of post-Roman Europe) and true feudalism "caste" legal systems - introduced in England by Normandic dynasty conquest which also eliminated Anglosaxon legal system, Anglosaxon poetry and Anglosaxon language - of which said destruction of literature and language Tolkien as a specialist of Anglosaxon language was esp. emotional :) So as the Beowulf poem was known from at least 5th century in oral form (we know this becouse some of historical persons in this poem lived in 5 - 6th century), and was written in 8 - 9th century in one of Anglosaxon kingdoms, and the last copy we got is from 10 - 11th century - all in all it belonges yet to the early medieval times of heroic poems and mythological creatures NOT to the times of court intrigues and love affairs of later chivalric literature :)

[@daniel5730]

Also in many societies (and I mean MANY) hair associated with magical power, sometimes shamans, nobles and other high-status people in such societies were prohibited to cut their hair. + the whole mess in Sylmarillion started bc Galadriel refused to give a strand of her hair to a powerful and ambitious elf.

[@VoxRatio]

Their reaction to losing Gandalf in Moria just comes to show, everyone loves the Gray Pilgrim. Late to the party as well, but a bit of a Lore drop for ya. When Gandalf confronts the Balrog you hear him say, "I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the Flame of Anor. The dark fire will not avail you, Flame of Udun!". Gandalf, the other 'wizards', Balrogs (in ancient days there were many), and Sauron are all Maiar spirits who stand in power beneath The Valar, also known as The Powers. They all stand beneath Illuvitar, the god of Arda (the earth). Melkor, a Valar sought the Secret Fire, basically 'God's Power', so that he too may be a ruler. This vain pursuit of ambition would lead him to fall from grace. Sauron, and other Maiar spirits followed Melkor wishing also to be lords. It was Melkor who formed the orcs, this among other actions would have him renamed by the elves as Morgoth. His first fortress was called Utumno, or Udun, and it was essentially hell. On the opposite end we have the Flame of Anor, the flame or light of the sun, which was crafted by the light of Laurelin, the golden tree. Someone has already given the history and significance of the Trees in the comments. So it will suffice to say, it is in a way, representative of divine light. So when Gandlaf says what he says, he is proclaiming his station as a Maiar spirit (Servant of the Secret Fire), and calling as a wielder of divine power, (The Flame of Anor). He then calls the Balrog what it is, a fallen servant of the enemy, and thus a corrupted fire, a fire of hell. As such it's fire cannot pass through the Flame of Anor. So this was more than a duel between a wizard and a monster. It was a testing and a duel of avowed celestial primordial powers, a battle of oaths. But with great oaths and covenants comes great sacrifice.

[@sister1976]

Asking for a lock of hair to remember a loved one, is an old custom. Soldiers often had a lock of their sweethearts hair with them to the front etc. The Tolkien universe has an extended meaning to the hair of Galadriel specifically, but I see someone else has explained this already ;) (Edit: typo and missing word)

[@BaddMedicine]

Ok. That makes sense! Thank you!

[@fadedjem]

Before photography there really weren't many better keepsakes of a loved one than hair. It seems weird to us now, but in its context it makes perfect sense. The world was bigger - travelling home from abroad was a matter of months or years. No phone calls. No photography. Even postal communication was unreliable and slow over great distances. If you travelled to distant lands or went off to war then you would have absolutely no form of contact with home, at all. Not even so much as a tiny picture tucked into your wallet. Obviously a lock of hair doesn't resolve any of these problems, but humans are sentimental creatures and taking a small piece of somebody with you has emotional meaning if not any practical purpose. Also, remember that many pre-modern cultures encourage or mandate some form of head covering for women. Hair has historically been recognised as a central part of female beauty and more human cultures than not take steps to cover or hide a woman's beauty from the wider public - in a world where only your parents, husband and children are likely to routinely see your hair, it would naturally carry greater significance and be seen as more romantic.

[@DeadlyChinchilla]

I love Bilbo's sudden grab for the ring. His momentary transformation makes it crystal clear just HOW CLOSE he was to becoming the next Gollum. He had the ring something like 60 years, Gollum had it 500+. Hobbits only typically live around 100-some years, Gollum wasn't supposed to live 500 years either. The power of the ring kept them alive, and "young" for a long time. Bilbo felt the ring "stretching" his spirit, even though he didn't know what it was at the time... he felt "thin, like too little butter scraped over too much bread." Which is a very Hobbit way of describing his dwindling spirit. Bilbo aging suddenly when he's in Rivendell with the elves (and without the ring in his possession) demonstrates how he should have looked at that age naturally, without the ring artificially lengthening his lifespan. The giant octopus creature at the doorway to Moria is likely one of the Nameless Things. They're like... chaos entities... which are older than Sauron and most cultures. There's bunches of them, some which Morgoth & Sauron weaponized during his war to control Middle Earth. Shelob the spider was the descendent of another one named Ungoliant, who was made so powerful by "eating" the World Trees power that even the god Morgoth was afraid of her. The Balrog in the Mines of Moria is actually the same kind of entity (species?) as Gandalf, which is why he's afraid to go into the Mines. They're on pretty even footing in a battle of spiritual power. Gandalf didn't know if he could beat it or not! Galadriel once refused to give a single hair from her head to some super hunky elf (I can't recall the details), that's why her giving Gimli 3 was a huge deal and demonstrated what she saw in his spirit.

[@BolofromAvlis]

These were so amazing when they first came out and what's remarkable about them is how well they hold up, even today. I do remember the torture of that abrupt ending to Fellowship then having to wait a year for Two Towers, then another year for Return of the King. Such an epic and satisfying story though. I have rewatched these countless times.

[@katlamb4606]

The dominating feeling I felt through out this whole movie was extreme anxiety. I only watched it recently and I would have never thought it would make me feel so many emotions. I didn't even know my emotional range could stretch this far. BRILLIANT!

[@HHHHEEELLLLOOOO1]

I still laugh at the memes too! Peter Jackson’s Lord of The Rings is like no other. These films mean so much to me. “It’s a light for me in dark places, when all other lights go out.”

[@BaddMedicine]

Hahaha the memes are endless. We understand what you mean. We have a free movies that we have like that too.

[@The_Mongoose]

Oak's reaction: Lol the meme!

[@deanbartolo6199]

Fellowship easily the greatest movie of ALL time in my opinion and the best in the trilogy. It may be the slowest of the 3 with the least action but the adventure the fellowship go on is timeless.

[@knightradiant]

Honestly love The Oak laughing with glee whenever a meme pops up. So wholesome 😂

[@Serai3]

My favorite book, I read it in 1976 when my best friend brought it over and said we had to read it at the same time. Life changing stuff, indeed. Jackson did a great (though not perfect) job, better than any of us had any right to hope for. You know, almost every person involved in the making of it was a fan of the book; that's why it's so lovingly made. (How lovingly? The characters had hand-made _underwear._ The helmets had engravings on the _insides.)_ It was obsessively artistic, this trilogy. Best ever. And by the way, in defense of _Conan the Barbarian_ and the rest of Howard's books, they were written well before LOTR and have nothing whatsoever to do with Tolkien. The stories originate in the same Northern "age of courage", but they take a very different tack and have a very different philosophy of life. Just sayin'. :)

[@BaddMedicine]

Great stuff here. Thank you!

[@dennisswainston411]

The 20 minutes of credits at the end of "Fellowship" included everybody that had been involved in the fan website that was launched when the movie series was announced. Anyone that took part in online discussions was given the opportunity to have their name listed. I was one of those fans. I won tickets to the Fellowship premiere in Orlando,Fl. I have a 18" replica statue of Gandalf that I won on-line. I have a replica "Sting" sword that looks and is as heavy as a real sword. But when you slide a switch, it glows blue and hums! My wife an I attended a LOTR marathon when the "Return of the King" was released. It included the Extended editions of the first two movies as well. It started @ 9:30 am, included meals & breaks between the movies and movie related giveaways. It ended the next morning at 1:30 am... and 10 years later we did the "Hobbit" movies at the same theater the same way!!!

[@katehudkins1832]

I can not wait for your reactions for the other movies. This trilogy if by far the best I have ever seen as well as my favorite. Please take notes on the characters and their developments throughout the story! They may surprise you. A lot of life lessons are in these movies that I still live by today.

[@BaddMedicine]

Two Towers will be out next week! 😁😁

[@dorat.88]

I think you guys are the frist reactors I saw who noticed Aragorn taking Boromir's armlet after he died. Such a small detail that shows huge respect

[@tommyjohnson9175]

I'm so glad you decided to do the extended. The group notices the details, this version explains many answers to questions that you all are asking. Nothing is for no reason, nothing is filler, the oddest of things have meaning or explains something either in these movies or "the Hobbit" trilogy series of movies. Noticing that she gave him three of her hairs, has much significance due to importance of her hair and that she would actually give strands of her hair to a dwarf. One would have thought you may have read some of the books to catch that. Thats a story that goes all the way back to a series of events that happened way back in the first age of elves. I won't try to explain it here, that's another movie that they haven't decided to make yet. Well done, can't wait to see your next reactions. *** P.S. I guess I should have read below, the summery of the story is down there.

[@BaddMedicine]

Hello! Yes, glad we did the extended too! Part 1 of two towers should be dropping Tuesday morning🤘

[@cendererol]

Galadriel's hair is magical! She even refused to give single hair from the most famous elf Feanor. So its HUGE gift to giving 3 to a dwarf.

[@BaddMedicine]

🤘🤘🤘

[@CrankyGrandma]

There is a line during the council of Elrond that was cut. The whole reason such a small company goes on foot, is that great force will only draw Sauron’s attention. Their only hope is in stealth, and in what would appear to Sauron as foolishness. Sauron cannot imagine anyone would destroy the ring, and he expects the ring to be defended with armies and great power. So nine people, four little hobbits, walking to Mordor is something he does not expect

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Just wanted to say that I really enjoyed your reactions to this. Looking forward to seeing the next two films with y’all

[@BaddMedicine]

Thank you and thank you for watching! We appreciate it! 🤘 Two Towers is next.

[@dimitrisionas9566]

When I showed these movies to my cousin, he too was upset about Gandalf. Especially when I confirmed that Gandalf the grey was in fact dead, and we would def not see him again. :)

[@Allaiya.]

Tolkien was a vet of WW1. So he was inspired a lot by those experiences.

[@Alandennis1]

Since you asked, this is my favorite movie experience of anything else made (speaking of the trilogy). I love the Fellowship. Everyone loves the next two, and for good reason, but once you've seen them once, you can't help but love the Fellowship for all the discovery of such a magical world.

[@BaddMedicine]

Fellowship did a great job of setting up the story. 🤙

[@avsambart]

This reaction was great!! It seems like you're all really into it which makes me happy. I hope you continue ☺️ the next one is my fav of the three.

[@BaddMedicine]

Oh yes. We are hooked. Two Towers coming up!

[@Gaia369]

There are no three, its one MASTERPIECE divided for cinema 🎥. They were all filmed simultaneously. But i understand your perspective 🦄

[@pieceofgosa]

So when Tolkien wrote this it would not be considered creepy to place a lock, or strand of a loved ones hair into a locket (which is precisely what Gimli does). Dwarves & elves have always had a mistrust of each other too (in contemporaneous times) so it's actually quite significant that Gimli would revere Galadriel so much.

[@BaddMedicine]

I see. That makes sense that way back then it wouldn't be considered creepy.

[@TallisKeeton]

@@BaddMedicine I actualy dont understand why its creepy? :) It was also normal in 19th century when a soldier went to war and got with him a strand of hair of his wife or girfriend or his child. AFAIR it was the same with Polish insurections in 19th century. Polish women also wore a strand of their beloveds hair for exmple in a locked or in a piece of a "black jewelery" - "black jewelery" was smt to wore during our insurections, it was a symbol of mourning after killed rebels and it was also a sign that more fashionable and expensive jewelery this women sold for the sake of helping the rebels.

[@HafdirTasare]

09:52 one of my fav. Quotes from the Books here: "'Look, my friends!' he called. 'Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an elven-princeling in! If it were known that hobbits had such hides, all the hunters of Middle-earth would be riding to the Shire.' 'And all the arrows of all the hunters in the world would be in vain,' said Gimli, gazing at the mail in wonder."

[@alecoreilly1456]

There is significance to the hair! The greatest elf to have ever lived (who was an asshole) also asked for a stand of hair and was denied. Gimli, unaware of this, asked one hair to remember her by and as a symbol that dwarves and elves could be friends again. And she saw in his heart that he was deserving of more than he asked for. Legolas would know the significance however and that was probably a pivotal point in the film for him. If Galadriel, who is like almost a living goddess thinks Gimli is a good guy, then maybe he should too.

[@brooksdemontluzin4598]

Always great watching people appreciate these films. Enjoy the next two guys!! Be ready for what’s coming!

[@BaddMedicine]

Thanks, Brooks! Two Towers is coming up next.

[@CaptainPikeachu]

Two of the dwarf characters who we find to be dead in Moria: Balin (whose tomb we see Gimli cry over) and Ori (whose record book that Gandalf reads from) are main characters in the Hobbit films. So if you guys ever watch that trilogy, you’ll get to know a bit more about these two characters before their eventual demise in Moria many years after the Hobbit events.

[@BaddMedicine]

I do think the hobbit movies will be coming up after these.

[@TallisKeeton]

@@BaddMedicine yay :) great :) I must remind you that "the hobbit" trilogy is not as great, as epic and as solemn as the old trilogy, and many fans - more strict than I - can not stand the new trilogy. But I like it for many reasons and I hate it only for two reasons - too much of slapstic-like funny stunt scenes. Tolkiens universum is not like this - its not "Avengers" or "Spiderman" here every charachter has limited and real abilities in fighting and walking and endurance etc... depending on his or her origins and training. And they put there a bit too much of low level humor. Thats what I mostly hate in the new trilogy. :) But there are many advantages : - briliant acting for one, I esp liked young Bilbo's role, - new lands to develop by filmmakers - I adore Laketown, Mirkwood and other stright-from-the-book views :) - and there are some roles we know from LOTR trilogy, returning like Gandalf, Elrond, Legolas, and Saruman. - many interesting battles though for me battles were a bit too long, I m a girl I prefer more dialogues :D Its not only the adaptation of this short, comical adventure's novel written for kids from POV of the main hero - its rather the adaptation of whole "bigger picture" in the area of Rhovanion north-eastern region of Middle-Earth. The adaptational idea of Jackson was that the novel is written from POV of Bilbo and the movie shows us how things were going around linear Bilbo's adventure and at places where Bilbo never entered. These scenes added are based on other Tolkien's texts about this time and place but they dont have to involve young Bilbo :) It was adapted in such way purposefuly by Jackson that IMO the proper way to watch it is to watch it as PREQUEL of LOTR. The whole story of how Bilbo finds the Ring is there. But they added more connections between the two stories, not only the Ring's topic. And thats why I like the new trilogy, becouse it is briliantly connected at the same time to the old movie (esp Bilbo and Gollum scenes), and to universum of LOTR book - universum WIDER than the universum of short "the hobbit" novel. :) the "philosophy" of old trilogy and of new trilogy is a bit different - I know that many fans had noticed that LOTR movie is more "pagan" in its "vibe" than the book was. LOTR book is of this mixed origin but the movies accentuated more of the "pagan" aspects (in dialogues, cultures, and choices) and "covered" or "limited" more of christianity aspects of the book. Like most of novel's "visionary scenes" or "dream scenes" were erased from the movie. This is esp. problematic for me when its connected to harsh flattenings of Frodo's role and dialogues. Frodo's spiritual development in the book was SO important thing and its vector pointed toward messianic mythological figure aka Christ figure. Though all 3 main heroes - Gandalf, Frodo and Aragorn were given aspects of messianic figure or Christ figure. Tolkien's work is deemed as the one which created a mix of christianity and northern myths (Norse and Celtic). And IMO at the time when the new trilogy was made not many of us, fans would noticed that the new trilogy is MORE christianic than the old trilogy was :) Its what I can see in there. Between the heroes of the good side there are persons who represent more "pagan" ethics and those who represent more "christian" ethics. And these two behaviours are constantly arguing with each other. Remember that its not about "good and evil" persons, its about two different cultural approaches (christian and pagan) to values - mainly heroism, power, forgiveness. "The hobbit" trilogy is interesting becouse on the good side there are two different worldviews of how to realise higher values :) Tolkien's literature got its distinct flavour becouse he purposefuly mixed two worlds of ethics. In the interpetations of his books we fans can tell you much about a mix of these two areas - pagan and christian ethics. Or rather what he deemed as northern pagan ethics :) And also for me the new Jackson's trilogy is connected to what Tolkien told in his essays and letters about how to write fairytales and fantasy. As far as I can tell from reading his other texts (not novels) Tolkien got the idea that this genre is important becouse of its escapism (and escapism in Tolkien's view tells of freedom ! ) and becouse of its intrinsic moral values. And Tolkien thinks that when a writer wants to write a myth he must remember that myth is more pagan but when he writes a fairytale it can be or should be more christian. He sort of connected pagan North with christianity by mixing myths and fairytales in his own universum. In his idea modern fantasy should be based on both myths and fairytales. The LOTR trilogy has more a vibe of myth but "the hobbit" trilogy has more a vibe of fairytale, though at the end matters have darkened. But remember that the stakes in the new trilogy are not so high - they are not yet saving the world but rather fighting a local war. The new trilogy is also more political than the old trilogy. By political I dont mean todays ideologies but a situation of a strive between 2 great leaders with different interests but mutual grudges. So for me the vibe of "the hobbit" trilogy is great becouse it connects me with what Tolkien invented about the functions of pagan-myth and of christian-fairytale. For Tolkien well written fairytale should be a realisation of its highest goal, and this goal is eucatastrophe and eucatastrophe is one of the main values of fantasy - its a kind of happy end but more of a spiritual nature, not only the winning of a war. I can write an essay about the aspects of eucatastrophe but... :D The main reason I like "the hobbit" trilogy is that when Jackson had adapted it such way that he made it as prequel of LOTR and becouse of this he accentuated more the Ring's and Gollum's story (before LOTR times) the effect for the "vibes" of the new trilogy was that these "vibes" IMO started to become less pagan than LOTR trilogy. IMO LOTR is constantly paganic in its "vibes" with the grand finale of more "christianic" nature - at the crucial few scenes in ROTK. IMO "the hobbit" trilogy is a constant "debate" or intermingling between these two ethics but the "christianic" ethics (and its representants) wins at the end. The only reason that LOTR movies "grand finale" could be achieved was that in "the hobbit" trilogy we got this "christianity apprach" of fairytale winning over "pagan ethics" of myth. :) As the representants of "paganic" ethics in LOTR were Rohan and Gondor, the representants of "paganic" ethics in "the hobbit" are dwarves :)

[@hrudayachandana7765]

I can't stress how much I love oak's reactions to these movies.

[@you_deserve_the_world]

12:28 “homie gave us three memes and he’s done?” followed by 12:35 “no. no. NOOO- no 🤷🏻‍♂️” i’m wheezing here ✋🏻😭

[@SnapCracklyPop]

I never read the books growing up when this movie came out. I was excited to watch it, because from the teaser it just looked unusual/different but epic. When the movie ended, both me and my brother were speechless for like 10-15 minutes. For me, it’s just the commitment of the fellowship members in protecting each other and to help Frodo reach the goal, which include sacrificing and risking their lives for each other, even if they didn’t know each other that long. I thought it was amazing story, that it made me want to read the books before part two comes the year after. I got the unabridged audiobooks for my birthday and listened to it during my commute to/from work. It took me maybe a month and a half to finish all three books. I bought the DVDs extended version every year the movie released. So Fellowship of the Ring itself got me into reading the books because I’ve wanted to do every detail that may be missing in the movie. Which is the opposite of most LOTR fans who grew up reading them.

[@Culperrr]

I don't know if it is the setting you guys are in or your personalities, but I loved your guys' reaction. You got a sub from me. I can't wait to see your next reactions!

[@BaddMedicine]

Hell yeah! Thank you for the sub and for watching! We appreciate it! 🤘🤘🤙🤙🍻🍻

[@marshallburlew7549]

I think it's safe to say that Gimli was honestly, very smitten by Galadriel. Hence why she grants him three strands of her hair as her gift to him and it becomes the symbol of the renewed friendship between their two races after the War of the One Ring. Gimli would later on when he has become very old and has traveled many reaches of MIddle-Earth with Legolas, that he would become the only Dwarf to travel to the Undying Lands with Legolas as to see the Lady Galadriel, one last time.

[@i.m.7710]

When I saw them in the movie theatre I was “oh no waaaaaay too short!!!!!!!!!” The three movies could have been 23 hours instead of 11 and it would have been fine! I read the hobbit and the trilogy twice a year for a decade at least. Excellent!

[@carlalussini]

I've had a shitty day and Oak's joy when finding the scenes from the memes is making me very happy, can't believe how much I've laugh already. Best LOTR reaction. Fuck it, I'm subscribing.

[@BaddMedicine]

Thank you and glad to see this could bring a little joy to your day🤙

[@carlalussini]

@@BaddMedicine thank you!! I'm watching the Two Towers reaction now 🙌🏼

[@ezridax19]

The dude laughing at all the memes is hilarious.

[@MizuMing]

18:15 I think it was something about the hair having magical properties. Previously one elf artisan had asked Galadriel 4lfor 1 hair from her head in order to create something but she refused, she did not believe that his intentions were above level. But when Gimli asked for a hair from her head he was being pure and honest in his intentions and so she gave him a 3 which was basically an FU to the other guy. 😂

[@artbagley1406]

What's really neat is to watch, in ultra-slo-mo (on your DVD player), that quick transformation of Bilbo into the evil version of him in Rivendell. The computer software to do such a seamless job is superb. Just one of the many CGI moments in the movie, the best, most sustained one being Gollum/Smeagol/Andy Serkis -- award-winning quality and (at the time) ground-breaking tech.

[@Punslinger1005]

This is actually my favourite movie of all time. The Boromir death scene is the SECOND BEST in cinema history 🤭

[@BaddMedicine]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@LUXImTheBestLUX]

The second best death scene or Sean Bean death scene? :D

[@krisreilly8856]

What was the best, in your opinion?

[@Punslinger1005]

@@krisreilly8856 I can’t say just yet. Let’s just say… when Sean Bean smashed that death scene there was clearly someone watching who said, “Hold my beer”.

[@katiemossman2416]

You guys cracking up over the scenes that are memes had me cracking up.

[@hansgrundberg6839]

Great comments! And it will get better! I see the trilogy at least twice a year, and then usually as a marathon. I consider the trilogy one movie in three parts, that's probably the first two had very few Academy Award nomination, but the Return of the King swept the show with 12 Oscars. So in my opinion it is by far the best trilogy, and not many "single" films can match them.

[@BaddMedicine]

Thank you and thanks for watching. We have two towers in the can. We are hooked!

[@danieldrummond404]

It was actually 11 oscars and i remember watching all ceremony! Cryied all the Way hahaha

[@hansgrundberg6839]

@@danieldrummond404 My bad! It was 11, sorry 🙂

[@rogersjgregory]

My fiancé and I went to see The Fellowship of the Ring the day before we got married. It was so good, and watching these on the big screen was amazing.

[@angel-astanfield7939]

The 3 hairs has deep significance to Galadriel and the other elves. Thousands of years ago, before Galadriel came to middle earth, she was asked by, her uncle, a prince and smith, for three of her hairs to work into the magic of three, powerful crystals. She saw the vanity and narcissism of her uncle and denied him repeatedly, and never gave in to his repeated attempts to get her to give home the hairs. Then a lowly dwarf, thousands of years later, asked for what she had denied a prince, and because she saw to love and good of Gimili and gave him three of her hairs. The amount her uncle had requested. Glad you enjoyed it. 😊

[@zenhaelcero8481]

One note on your mention of Dungeons & Dragons: While Tolkien was an enormous influence on it (and on just about everything else) there were also other contemporary stories that were very influential, too. The original magic system of D&D was taken almost word-for-word from Jack Vance, based on a book of short stories he wrote around 1944 and then published in 1950. While The Hobbit came out in 1937, The Lord of the Rings wasn't published until 1954. So there were some other contemporary sources of very cool, interesting high fantasy. H P Lovecraft was another influence, and he died in the same year that The Hobbit was published. Fritz Leiber, while not starting his professional writing career until the late 50s, had personal relationships with other writers such as Lovecraft, and was undoubtedly an influence on D&D. I don't know if I'd say that D&D wouldn't exist without Tolkien's influence, but it certainly would have been different.

[@BaddMedicine]

🤘🤘🤘 we appreciate the knowledge drop

[@zenhaelcero8481]

@@BaddMedicine Mucho respecto

[@cgonzales115]

there are two people that i watch for Lord of the rings information youtubers "The Broken Sword" and "Nerd of the rings" both do a great job explaining everything Lord of the Rings......if you ever want to learn more....

[@cynthieful]

I had a lot of fun watching this, laughing along with your excitement in spotting the memes! I'll be waiting for your reactions to the other movies as well

[@BaddMedicine]

Thank you! We appreciate it. Two Towers part 1 drops Tuesday 🤘

[@justsmashing4628]

Great reaction. Every prop was real, made from scratch eg: 2 people worked for 4 years just making chain mail links… Forrest Gump after Lotr please 😊

[@BaddMedicine]

Thats awesome. We really liked the Orcs were in suits and Makeup and not CGI.

[@justsmashing4628]

@@BaddMedicine . Jackson did all 3 movies at once over 4 years, to do so now, with the same quality, I read would cost $1bn…doubtful we’ll ever see it’s like again. Each actor got to keep one article eg Frodo got his mitril shirt to keep…can the lads guess the others? !😊 Forrest Gump next 🤗

[@greytmom2008]

I visited New Zealand in 2002 and saw some of the sites where the films were made - NZ really is that beautiful.

[@englishlady9797]

Just to explain the signifigance of Galadriel's gift of 3 of her hairs to Gimli, in case nobody else did. Galadriel's hair was said to shine with the light of the two trees of Valinor, the Elf version of paradise. The trees had given light to the world before the Sun and Moon were created, thousands of years before the events of the Lord of the Rings. Her Uncle, Feanor asked her 3 times for one of her hairs, because he wanted to possess the light of the trees for himself. She refused him because she could sense the darkness and evil in his heart. She gave them to Gimli though because she could sense he was pure of heart, and wasn't asking for greedy or selfish reasons but because he revered her.

[@wildhunt6350]

This movie...this movie is just beyond time its majesthetic !

[@obenohnebohne]

I really dig this reaction. This movie blew me away, when I was 12 and in my seat in the movie theatre. The first one is my favorite because it started this amazing journey for me. Yes, in 2 + 3 are more action, more epic more everything, even my favorite line is in 3 but the world that has been established with the movie is incredible.

[@kaseycesena3996]

Lol I like the look on borimers face when he tell everyone they have a cave troll he was a o crap expression lol

[@TheDragonsRose]

You guys really need to watch any and all videos available about the making of the movies. Doesn't even have to be recorded, just as a side thing. It was such an incredible undertaking and there is so much detail and community that came from bringing the books to the big screen. Peter Jackson was honestly the best thing that happened to the movies because they were given the treatment they deserved. I was a kid when these came out, and my father used to read the Hobbit to me as a bedtime story. As far as fantasy goes, this was groundbreaking and will be a permanent foundation in the genre straight from Tolkien's brilliant mind.

[@aleshacoats9033]

✌️😊👍 Again I was as entertained as Mason was watching Oak, Answer and Dimond get into it. Over the moon at Oaks enthusiastic laughter especially at No body Simply ROFLMAO 🤣 😂 😆...on to the next 😄👍

[@nobody-bx3pq]

i LOVE the memer, he's got his meme knowledge right. one does not simply ignore the meme sources!

[@seannovack3834]

There are 20 minutes of credits because Charter Members of the Lord of the Rings Fan Club were given an opportunity to have their names in the credits for a fee. The offer was so popular that the producers had to ask Enya to record another song to round out the credit length. Yes, you'll find my name there.

[@MajaZaguan]

I love how meme bro is happy and laughing with every new meme. 😂

[@BaddMedicine]

🤣🤣🤣🤘🤘🤘🤘 "meme bro" we might use that

[@niravathu7353]

Somehow missed this notification, so glad I noticed this was up. Really looking forward to the rest of the trilogy!

[@BaddMedicine]

I wonder if it really kicks out the notifications to everyone. Two Towers is on the way once we figure out the copyright issues. 🤘

[@basseon]

I love the guy who reacts to meme! That's the only way to react after 20 years!

[@BaddMedicine]

Hell yeah! 🤣 🍻

[@kennethcook9406]

So many huge actors in these movies. Frodo: Elijah Wood, well known child actor from the late '80s onward. (he was even one of the little boys in the "cafe '80s" in Back to the Future part 2.) Samwise: Sean Astin, from "Rudy" as you stated about the first movie, also little Mikey in "The Goonies." Boromir of Gondor: Sean Bean, Eddard Stark in "Game of Thrones." Gandalf: Sir Ian McKellen, Older Magneto in the X-Men movies (among many other things.) Saruman: Christopher Lee, Count Dooku from "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones" (among many other things.) Lady Galadriel: Cate Blanchett. Bilbo: Ian Holm. Elrond: Hugo Weaving, Agent Smith in "The Matrix." Legolas: Orlando Bloom. Gimli: John Rhys-Davies, Sallah from "Indiana Jones" 1 and 3. Arwen: Liv Tyler.

[@cbmx1x1]

The ring essentially turns people into addicts. Gollum especially, but you can see it in Bilbo too. As a recovering addict, I really connected with the idea of the ring as a drug that completely changes a person’s personality.

[@lunaangeleclipse9745]

Boromir's death still gets me, even after all these years

[@lisaharrod8386]

Boromir's death is one of the most beautiful scenes in the entire trilogy. Redemption is a transcendent thing to behold. We so fortunate that Peter Jackson grabbed the reins of this glorious work of letters. This film collection will live forever, and continue for generations. If you've not read the books, you're missing out...in fact, the opinion of those who have not read these books doesn't mean much.

[@SixFour0391]

18:09 The Dwarves and Elves have an ancient feud. Vary rarely are they civil around each other.

[@WanderingRoe]

My favorite movie trilogy of all time, this is too good to be true. I saw the first movie in theaters and decided to read the books before the next two came out. It's a huge world that, in my opinion, they really did justice to with these movies. Seriously looking forward to watching the next reactions. My favorite LOTR character, Gandalf and Theoden. I always found the orcs interesting, too. Tolkien apparently had plans or at least played with the idea of making them a little more three-dimensional but sadly passed away before he made a final decision on that.

[@dbly50]

my favorite behind the scenes story from this movie is, Sean Bean hates flying so when they were filming the scenes of them up in the mountain regions he would get all dressed up early and take a ski lift as high as it would go then walk to the top of the mountain where they were filming everyday while the rest of the cast took a helicopter

[@BaddMedicine]

Hahaha that's awesome

[@beardlessdragon]

6:14 You're right, I'd react very calmly and non-angrily to somebody chopping off my finger, I've got 9 more lol

[@LenaDee666]

An addition to my comment on the first part, my friends are having a LOFTR marathon at least annually,.... and they always knew it wasn't mine, but I would check in on them occasionally (when we were still roomies), and every time I walked in Cate Blanchett was on screen, aka one of my all-time faces.... So now when they have a marathon, one of them HAS TO message e when Cate appears on the screen

[@m.r.frisbee1646]

This is easily the most enjoyable reaction video for this movie. Thanks for making it! :)

[@ShadowsintheEyes]

I stumbled across your video in my KZbin recommendations. The Lord of the Rings movies are some of my favorite movies ever (Fellowship is actually my favorite of the three), so I decided to give your reactions a try, and man, but I am so glad I did! Very funny commentary, and yet you all still successfully pay attention and stay engaged, which I LOVE! I cannot wait to see your reactions to the rest of the series as well as reactions to other movies moving forward. ^_^

[@BaddMedicine]

Hello! Glad you have us a chance. We appreciate it 🤘 more LOTR to come!

[@christianpanchorivera9765]

The three threads of hair Gimli ask will become his heirloom and he put it in a gem.

[@ink2862]

Am I about to sit here all day and watch these reactions to the GOAT trilogy? Yup, you're damn right I am.

[@BaddMedicine]

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@WasephWastar]

24:08 the actor of Sam stepped on a large broken glass "I'm running at a dead sprint and as my right foot lands about two feet in the water - it's just this huge sharp pain. And I grabbed onto the side of the boat and looked down and it hurt so bad."

[@Krokostad]

I remember watching this in the cinema, when I was 16. It was so cruel to have to wait ONE year to watch the second movie and then ANOTHER year to watch the third.

[@BaddMedicine]

The wait... Feels like forever

[@voyance4elle]

How can you not bawl your eyes out? When Boromir dies and then when Sam joines Frodo in the boat - instant tears. Even only with these edited reactions :D

[@revangerang]

17:51 So back in the days before photography, it wasn’t unusual to keep a lock of hair from a loved one as a way of remembrance. They would often keep it in a locket, kind of like having pictures of your family in your wallet. So he basically asked for the equivalent of a selfie, not that creepy haha

[@essentiallyinvisible3572]

I struggle to read books and haven't actually completed a book since I was about 14. Part of it was childhood trauma breaking me, but also because as much as I want to get into books and can read well in general, my brain finds it difficult to process long texts that aren't broken up into more manageable pieces (ideally with bigger gaps between paragraphs and/or illustrations every few pages). There was one children's novel (200-odd pages) that I loved from 9 years old to 13 years old and it's the only book I can remember reading all the way through without help and I read it multiple times. I just couldn't stick to any other book, no matter how much I wanted to, and my brother speed-reads books, so I always wished I could read them that easily (expensive hobby, though; my brother can read a few hundred pages in a few days, I think). However, I grew up loving the Harry Potter films and Lord of the Rings trilogy, so I've just started to read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - hoping that recognising details that couldn't fit in the movies or were altered for the movies - will help me stick to it. If I can make it through the seven books, I hope to then give this trilogy a go. The two worlds, whilst impossible to fairly compare, are both incredible and fascinating. Your reactions are brilliant, especially The Oak and even with Quinn re-watching it.

[@chesterschannel6627]

Don’t forget that Hugo also was the voice of megatron in the transformers movies.

[@M.Hvistendal]

All the "no's" at 12:35 was great :)

[@biggains1]

Lmao at the hair gift. Though to be fair, remember back in some olden days it was common for wives to give husbands a small bow tied bit of their hair, like a keepsake to think of them when they are out there risking their lives. Fantasy movies tend to have many similarities with medieval times/old times and what not, js.

[@winxclubflora8446]

At 18:14 galadriel is more than like ten thousand years old,and her hair are super magical( i think they were related to the two trees/lamps not sure).anyway her her hair have special ancient power and magic enough to bring a lot of destruction and enough to be able to rule the lands.so many people(including her own relatives) wanted her hair to become rulers and possibly tyrants but galadriel always refused to keep the world safe.so in anger at her refusal many extremely brutal wars were set with a lot of bloodshed but she remained on her belief. However she was soo powerful and ancient that she didnt meet her people/dwarfs/hobbits etc.so gimli just wanted to meet her and asked for a strand of her powerful hair and she agreed and gave him 3 strands and this shows that gimli has a pure heart otherwise galadriel wouldve never trusted him with such powerful object.

[@valashar5313]

The reason they walked instead of using horses/ponies is they were traveling overland through wilderness that horses could not traverse. The only pony they brought was to carry extra provisions.

[@franl155]

So glad to watch you watching the next instalment. I was not at all disappointed. This film is mainly setup for the next two, setting out the characters, the situation, the risks. From here on there's a lot more story - and there's a lot more story to be told.

[@BaddMedicine]

Thank you! We appreciate it! Two Towers part 1 should be out next week. Assuming we can get past all the blocks and copyrights.

[@franl155]

@@BaddMedicine - look forward to that! fingers x'd for a successful upload

[@BaddMedicine]

🤘🤘🤘

[@alejandroyava]

I'm pretty sure that if Gandalf saw this video, he would say: "Well I'm pleased that you remember something about me, even if it's only my memes"

[@BaddMedicine]

😂😂😂😂🤘🤘🤘🔥

[@lismariesweetie]

I remember watching the animated versions of these and the hobbit when I was little❤ Sam the everlasting Goonie

[@Thelaretus]

Gimli's ask for her hair has a tremendous in-universe significance I can't be bothered to explain; he then encased it in a crystal. Sadly I read the book as a nerdy teen and then went on to collect girls' hairs without realising that was weird.

[@bonniehalf-elven]

Gandalf falls. The Oak "NO!" Diamond Dave "NO!" Frodo "NOOOOOO!" When these came out, I was a huge Star Wars fan. I still love Star Wars. I liked the first Harry Potter film, which was out around that time. But this absolutely blew me away. LOTR gave me what Star Wars didn't. I think it's George Lucas' directing style and wanting to have them be like the Saturday morning serials of his day. The acting wasn't as good - and I blame George for that, because the actors are great. With LOTR, the acting and the investment that they put into this, especially Viggo Mortensen, really showed. The heavy reliance on practical effects, rather than lots of CG, made it seem more real. I had never read the books, but these films inspired me to do so. It is still my favorite film series.

[@needyverse]

The reason so many moments are memes is because they are incredible scenes that had a strong impact on the viewers of the film to begin with, and became reference points in conversation. I feel like it’s sad to think now that so many people will only think of them as a joke because they first saw it as a meme, instead of being powerfully impacted by the scenes in future.

[@_Goyle]

Oak just being Steve “I understood that reference” Rogers the whole reaction is great 😂